50 28. CELASTRACEiE. [SaUcia. 



recurved. Ovary conical, immersed in the disc^ 3-celled ; OYulea 2 

 or more iu each cell. Fruit a berry. Seeds large angular. 



Flowers 1-6, from an axil'ary tubercle. 



Flowers 8-6, from each axil. Fruit globose, small ... iS. prinoides. 



Flowers 1-2, from each axil. S. Bruiioniana. 



Flowers numerous from an axillary tubercle. 



Flowers fascicled. Fruit 1 in, globose, rugulose, orange- 

 coloured S. macrosperma. 



Flowers usually on a common peduncle, sometimes in 



short axillary cymes. Fruit 2-2^ in. diam S. oblomja, 



S. prinoides, DC. Prod. 1. 571; Fl. Br. I. 1.626; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Boiub. Fl. 33 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 67. Nisid-bondi, M. On the Konkan and 

 Noi'fch Kanara ghiits from the sea-level upwards. The scandent form is 

 often found along the banks of rivers (Kalanadi, &c.) ; the erect shrub- 

 by form is abundant in the evergreen forests of the southern ghats of 

 North Kanara. Fl. at different times throughout the year. 



S. Brunoniana, W-. & A. Prod. 105; Fl. Br. I. 1. 626; Dalz & 

 Gibs. Bumb. Fl. cjo. Ram ghat, Belgaum district, Dalz. 



S. macrosperma, Wight Ic. t. 962; Fl. Br. I. 1. 628; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 67. A scandent shrub on the Konkan and North Kanara ghats ; 

 common in the AinsLi ghat forests. The North Kfinara plant has the 

 fruit orangc-colonred when ripe, which, however, turns black in dried 

 specimens ; the calyx lobes in all my specimens are fringed with ruet- 

 coloured hairs. Fl. Jany. Fr. June. 



S. oblonga, Wall. Cat. 4226 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 628; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 23. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 67. In evergreen forests on the Konkan and 

 North Kcinara ghats. The North Kanara plant, which iscommon in many 

 of the forests along the ghdts from Ainbhi southwards, was doubtfully 

 referred at Kew to S. oblovga, Wall. It has the petals entire with 

 spreading tips ; the corolla having the appearance of being urceolate. 

 Fruit globose, tubcrcled. Fl. cold season Dec, Feb. 



S. Roxburghii, Wall., is a doubtful native of the western peninsula. 



Dalzell and Gibson's plant referred to in the Bomb. Fl. p. 33 is probably 

 S. macrosjjerma, Wgt. 



Okdee 29. RHAMNE^. 



Shrubs or trees erect or scandent, prickly, spinous or unarmed. 

 Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, often 3-5-nerved. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite or polygamous in axillary cymes, spikatc, paniculate 

 or solitary. Calyx4-5-c4el't, lobes triangular, valvateinbud. Petals 

 4-5, rarely 0, inserted on the throat of the calyx-tube, cucullate or 

 involute. Stamens 4-5 opposite the petals, often enclosed by them. 

 Disc fleshy, fillicg the calyx-tube or thin and lining it. Ovary se&silo, 

 free or immersed in the disc, more or less adherent to the cal) x 



